As police continue to scour Louisiana for the two remaining New Orleans jail escapees on the run, one fugitive was captured on Monday with the help of an anonymous tip and two others were arrested following a car chase in Texas.
Police dashboard and body camera footage, obtained by The Associated Press, appears to show two escapees — Leo Tate, 31, and Jermaine Donald, 42 — fleeing from police, reaching speeds up to 80 mph, in a white SUV in Walker County, Texas.
The vehicle zoomed past police cars, made a U-turn and headed the wrong way on a divided state highway. The men eventually pulled over and surrendered to police, who descended upon the stopped vehicle with their rifles drawn.
“They just ended up giving it up,” said Huntsville Police Lt. Wade Roberts. Additional details about the